title: [Differential diagnosis of tumor-induced facial paralysis. Chordoma of the craniocervical transition].
abstract: A chordoma rarely arises in the head and neck: it is considered as malignant because of its clinical behaviour and histological appearances. Usually chordomas paralyze the third to the sixth cranial nerves. We report a paralysis of the facial nerve, an event not so far reported as an early symptom of chordoma of the head and neck.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-HNO-Klinik, Hamburg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kehrl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rauchfuss
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D002817:Chordoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Zur Differentialdiagnose tumorinduzierter Fazialisparesen. Das Chordom des kraniozervikalen Ubergangs.